VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV ============================= VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Call for Contributions E U R O G R A P H I C S ' 9 8 Call for Contributions ============================= ``Discovering New Realities'' August 31 - September 4 1998, LISBON, PORTUGAL Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics Important Dates =============== January 9, 1998: Original Paper submissions received. March 6, 1998: Notification of Acceptance to Authors. April 3, 1998: Camera ready copy of accepted papers due. Short Presentation submissions due. May 8, 1998: Audiovisual and Interactive Media contest entries due. June 15, 1998: Demonstrations and Short Presentations notification of acceptance. June 30, 1998: Early registration deadline. Celebrating Five Centuries of Portuguese Discoveries In 1998, the International Year of the Oceans, 500 years have passed since Portuguese sailors discovered the sea route to India, a feat which opened great perspectives for different peoples to meet and opportunities for scientific, cultural and commercial exchange. 1998 will be a particularly eventful year in Lisbon. EXPO'98, the last World Fair of the 20th century will be open to visitors from throughout the world, featuring virtual environment shows and Computer Graphics exhibitions. We have chosen the theme "Discovering New Realities" in celebration of Portuguese discoveries and as a challenge to researchers to come up with imaginative and well thought out contributions describing exciting new applications. We invite you to participate in EG98 and visit EXPO'98! Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, was founded in 1980 to promote the advancement of computer graphics research and technology in European countries. It is a non-profit organization for individuals and institutions engaged in this field. Eurographics'98 will be the 19th annual Conference of the Association. As the leading international computer graphics conference in Europe, it has become a vital meeting point for researchers, practitioners, teachers and users all over the world. It is a forum for presenting the latest developments in graphics technology, case studies in advanced graphics systems and applications, as well as surveying current trends. Conference Programme - -------------------- The technical programme of EG'98 spreads over three days, and includes Refereed Papers, Short Presentations, Invited Papers and State of Art Reports. The two days before the Technical Programme are devoted to the Tutorial Programme and to the Workshops organized by the Association. Authors are invited to submit original contributions addressing novel applications of graphics in one or more of (but not restricted to) the following topic areas: * Virtual and Augmented Environments * Intuitive and Multimodal Interaction * Integrated Audiovisual * Synthetic Actors and Artificial Life and Haptic Virtual Worlds * Virtual Environments and Media Art * VRML and Graphics on the World-Wide Web * Physical modeling and nature * Information visualization * Computer Graphics and Multimedia * Simulation and Animation * Human-Computer Interaction * Geometric Modeling * Scientific Visualization * Rendering and Realistic Image Synthesis * Hardware and Architectures for * Software and Frameworks Computer Graphics for Computer Graphics *Short Presentations Short presentations provide an alternative to the papers programme for those participants who would like to have the opportunity to present and discuss quality work in progress, well formulated but untested ideas or interesting application results. Short presentation proposals should be submitted as two-page extended abstracts sent to the conference secretariat via e-mail to no later than April 3rd 1998. Further submission details are available at . *Interactive Media Demonstrations We invite authors to submit proposals for demonstrations of interactive computer graphics and multimedia systems. In accordance with the conference theme, "Discovering New Realities", there will be a competition of demonstrations of Virtual Worlds with a prize awarded to the best entry based on technical and artistic merit. Submissions must be received no later than May 8th 1998. Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 15th 1998. If you have any comments or questions please send mail to . Further submission details are available at . *Slide and Animation Contest We invite authors to submit proposals to the Slide and Animation Competitions. Submissions should be received no later than May 8th 1998. All materials should be sent to the conference secretariat. Contributors will be notified as soon as the material has arrived. The competition is open to everyone except members of the Jury and the organizing committee of the EG98 conference or persons affiliated to them. Any questions about the Slide and Animation Competitions should be sent by e-mail to or to the conference secretariat. Detailed submission and contest rules are available at the conference Web site . *Submission of Papers Authors are invited to submit original papers reporting research contributions, practice and experience, or novel applications. Submitted papers should arrive not later than January 9th, 1998. Further submission details, including style files, are available at . Authors experiencing problems with electronic submission of contributions should contact . *The Gunther Enderle and Best Student Paper Awards Following a long tradition of Eurographics Conferences, an international jury will select three of the best papers accepted and presented at the Conference, and will award prizes to the authors. The one selected as Best Paper will receive the Gunther Enderle Award, which includes a cash prize of 1,000 Swiss Francs. To stimulate student participation at the conference a Best Student Paper Award will be given to the best paper authored and presented at the conference by a full time student. *Organizing Committee Conference: Joaquim A. Jorge (P) and David A. Duce (UK) International Programme Committee: F. Nunes Ferreira (P) and Martin Gobel (D) Tutorials: Jose C. Teixeira (P) and Ken W. Brodlie (UK) STAR Reports: A. Augusto Sousa (P) and Bob Hopgood (UK) Short Presentations: Beatriz S. Santos (P) and Werner Hansmann(D) Interactive Demonstrations: Nuno Correia (P) A/V and Slide Show: Pedro F. Lopes (P) Workshops: Mario Rui Gomes (P) Awards Committee Chair: Sabine Coquillart (F) *Contact Addresses: Paper submissions: papers@eg98.gpcg.pt Short Presentations: short-papers@eg98.gpcg.pt Interactive Demonstrations: demos@eg98.gpcg.pt Slide and Animation Contest: slide-anim@eg98.gpcg.pt General Information: info@eg98.gpcg.pt STAR Reports: stars@eg98.gpcg.pt Conference Homepage: http://www.eg98.gpcg.pt